Resources

Becoming the Expert of Your Own Body blog Dec 09, 2019

 

What if movement was bigger than exercise, but in a less overwhelming and practical sense? What if you knew how to incorporate movement into your everyday life, not because you feel like you have to or should, but because you know exactly what your body needs to feel amazing at the end of...

Continue Reading...
Episode 4: Interview with Dr. Erin Bowe podcast Dec 09, 2019

Dr. Erin Bowe is a Clinical & Perinatal Psychologist and coach in Victoria supporting birth workers through birth work. After watching her own Doula struggling to process the unfolding of her second traumatic birth it occurred...

Continue Reading...
Episode 3: Interview with Kim Vopni - The Vagina Coach podcast Dec 09, 2019

Kim is on a mission to break through taboos and redefine how we think about women’s health - and just to be clear... Light Bladder Leakage is NOT 'just part of being a woman'.

She's passionate about wanting women to know how...

Continue Reading...
Episode 2: Compassionate Boundaries: Learning to Stay in our Lanes and Knowing When and How To Refer Out podcast Dec 02, 2019

In this episode I discuss how to have compassionate boundaries, with ourselves and our clients as well as the strategies for learning to stay within our expertise and breaking down when and how to refer out to other professionals.

...
Continue Reading...
Episode 1: Who am I? and Why a Podcast For Birth Workers? podcast Nov 20, 2019

Hello, I'm Erin Underwood!

Whether you're a midwife, doula, OBGYN, or labor and delivery nurse I'm passionate about supporting you as you support others! In this first episode I share my journey and my "why" behind this endeavor to create a...

Continue Reading...
How to Achieve Your Deep Squat blog mobility squats strength tutorial Aug 05, 2019

Let’s talk squats!

Squatting is what is called a natural movement. A movement that you would see someone do to live their life if we didn’t have all the chairs, cars, running water and modern conveniences.

For many of my clients a squat is a personal goal of there’s, and I love...

Continue Reading...
Intuitive Movement blog intuitive movement movement and emotions movement and fear Jul 09, 2019

I have been processing this phrase of late ‘intuitive’. This idea of learning to trust yourself and to allow your body’s needs to direct the choices you make. This idea of intuitive eating has been starting to gain traction. That there is no one size fits all approach to food,...

Continue Reading...
Movement in Mom Life: A Day in the Life cycles expectations motherhood movement routine Jul 09, 2019

I grew up an athlete. I was a big gymnast and swimmer. I played in other sports like basketball and softball but those were by two big ones that I loved and did for years. After I transitioned out of high school, I didn’t do any college athletics. I took a few classes for fun and PE...

Continue Reading...
Clothing and Movement..... Which Influences the Other? blog clothing fashion shoes sustainability Jul 08, 2019

Have you ever NOT done something because of what you’re wearing? “Sorry, I’m in a skirt…”, or you realize you can’t lift your arms overhead or give that big hug you’d like to, or you can’t walk comfortably because of what’s on your feet,...

Continue Reading...
Is Your Pelvic Floor Loose? blog muscular tone pelvic floor pelvic organ prolapse Dec 12, 2018

We hear this term a lot, 'loose' to describe the pelvic floor, especially after women have babies. Our pelvic floors are often likened to a rubber band, and once it looses its elasticity - game over. Maybe, just maybe you can regain a little bit of 'tightness' by doing thousands of kegels a...

Continue Reading...
Are Your Hamstrings Really Tight? blog muscle length tutorial Aug 02, 2018

I'm a body movement teacher and one of the things I do is pay quite a bit of attention to the way people talk about their bodies. "I have tight hamstrings" "My neck and shoulders are always really tight" or "My calf muscles are so short!". We make pretty definitive statements about our body and...

Continue Reading...
Tips for Hiking with Children blog kids motherhood movement Jun 04, 2018

I'm a mom to a million children. Ok, actually 4 boys, but that feels like a million sometimes. I feel like I have gotten quite a bit of practice with hiking with groups of children. These are few things I've learned, some of them the hard way, but I've been willing to take one for the team....

Continue Reading...